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Coal: Official Group on Coal (MISC 57) report (“Lessons of the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike”) [MT: 'We shall meet to discuss'] [declassified Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1580 f85
Editorial comments:

The report is preceded by a minute from Michael Heseltine and a covering note by Robert Armstrong. See also Turnbull’s reflections on the report and MT’s response.

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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 58pp
Themes: Employment, Energy, Industry, Privatized & state industries, Trade unions, Strikes & other union action, 1984-85 coal strike